But tensions persist, and officials say they sometimes have to police the workers.

Will the tension always persist, or is the party finding new ways to keep both groups in the tent?

Even after the trauma, this tension may persist with the body prepared for another insult.

Both parties signed a reconciliation agreement in 2001, but political tension persisted.

Not when tension inevitably persists between the impulse to look ahead and the necessity to keep looking back.

A slight tension between solitariness and group activity persisted through the piece.

A certain tension between the plaintiff and defendant bars persists.

But tension persisted in the township throughout the day.

In the following years, tension and systematic attacks persisted.

If the tension persists, 63 percent of the companies predicted it would jeopardize their business relationships.